Tales of the South Pacific, James Michener, Reader's Digest 1995. The South Pacific: an enchantingly beautiful world of coral atolls, graceful coconut palms, and endless ocean. In the 1940's, when the world was at war, it was a place where men went to do battle and, sometimes, to die. And cometimes, in the midst of war, they found friendship- and even love. Here, fifty years after that war ended, are the unforgettable tales of Nellie Forbush, Joe Cable, and Bloody Mary as only James Michener can tell them. 359 pgs. hardcover, excellent condition!

Pele goddess of Hawaii's volcanoes, by Herb Kawainui Kane, 1987 second ed, soft cover, 63 pgs. She is Pele-honua-mea, Pele of the sacred land, the eater of land, she devours the land with her flames, Holua the sport of racing narrow sleds with long hard wood runners down slides built up of rockwork and thatched with slippery grasses, the surf rider of Punalu'u, folk tales & so much more..good condition.

A field guide to western birds, text & illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson, The Peterson Field-guide series marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands, 1969, second edition, revised and enlarged, sponsored by the National Audubon Society & National Wildlife Federation, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. 366 pgs. hardcover, spine wear, some highlighted ink notations on some pages, all intact, in good condition, illustrations, maps are the highlights, Hawaiian land birds introduced, water birds, Hawaiian shearwaters and petrels, sea birds, nene Hawaiian goose, native Hawaiian birds...lots of fun facts.

1908 Heroes every child should know, tales for young people of the world's heroes in all ages, edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie, New York Doubleday, page & Company. Father Damien, (a missionary man-priest who preached to the his people, the leper(leprosy) colony who lived on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai) "Father Damien: A journey from Cashmere to his home in Hawaii," by Edward Clifford. 332 pgs. hardcover, all pages intact, spine intact, age toning.

The FIP large gold medal collection of British New Guinea and Papua formed by the late Peter Troy-auction book, Peter Hemsworth Troy, founder of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame and the Surfworld Museum at Torquay, he was awarded the OAM, the Medal of the Order of Australia, he is a passionate philatelist and leading collector of British New Guinea and Papua. This book features his private collection for the Peter Troy Collection Auction held in July 2009. If you are a collector in this area (1885-1932) of stamps, postal history, postmarks, postal stationery, a great reference book, hardcover, 108 pgs,. in Excellent condition!

Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art by Adrienne Lois Kaeppler (Oct 30, 2010)
New unopened mint condition, 12" x 9 1/2", large volume book.
The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavor. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in coral, wood, and stone.
The geographic spread of the collection is vast, covering the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to Aotearoa (New Zealand), and the many islands in between. Many of the pieces have noteworthy historical antecedents, such as items associated with the eighteenth-century voyages of Captain Cook, and the Dupetit-Thouars material from the Marquesas, first collected by the nineteenth-century French admiral of that name. In this book, for the first time, these unique works of art are on display, fully described and annotated, for the enjoyment and appreciation of scholars, collectors, and interested readers alike. Selected paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs from the Blackburn collection give context to the artifacts and essays. Items from each geographical and cultural area are described within their cultural and historical context.
In Polynesia, the visual arts and their associated objects serve as physical representations of the underlying aesthetic, social, and religious aspects of the island cultures. In some cases, these eloquent objects may be all that remains to speak of these once-living traditions. This publication allows these remarkable works to communicate directly with the modern viewer.